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TIL a ruby is actually just a red sapphire

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AD6R4 TIL Queen Elizabeth II likes her steak well-done and dislikes garlic
yQLxw TIL King Felipe VI of Spain attended High School in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada and even returned for his 25-year reunion. He maintains ties to the school to this day
Vgmk TIL: Thomas Jefferson wrote a book called The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth because he believed the pure-principled teachings of Jesus should have been separated from the dogma and abuse of organized religion of the day.
J189k TIL about Sharon Campbell-Rayment, a Canadian woman who developed a Scottish accent after suffering a fall while horse back riding. Her condition is a result of Foreign Accent syndrome
vgoK TIL that Sherlock Holmes was based, in part, on a medical professor of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle called “Bill”. Bill would look at his patients without their speaking, determine their ethnicity, profession, and make a prediction about their condition based on sight alone.